The rules of theological correctness in post-Reformation Europe were very strict. It was argued, for example, that you should have as little as possible to do with those on the opposite side of the confessional divide. To interact was to risk spiritual infection. The Catholic who attended a Protestant church would be open to obvious and ferocious criticism, but people were also advised to avoid their religious foes in everyday life. The Catholic was expected to employ a Catholic notary or seek the ministrations of a Catholic physician. The Protestant was expected to go into business with fellow Protestants or play cards with those of similar religious views. Needless to say, such rubrics were flouted all the time, and recent scholarship has revealed a staggering degree of religious coexis